For the second consecutive year, Club 33 will be hosting the District 5340 finals, where finalists from all across San Diego will compete for cash awards and the chance to go on to other regional Rotary contests. Watch these amazing high school students overcome their fear of public speaking to tell us about themselves and…

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s primary mission is to protect citizens, as well as the staff and inmates.  At the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJDCF), they expand the primary mission by focusing on the rehabilitation of the inmate population. Warden Danny Paramo will speak about the common misconceptions of prison life as…

We’ll be meeting at this iconic institution for our weekly lunch and get to see first hand the history of San Diego aviation. We’ll have access to the entire museum afterward as well as a catered lunch. Parking is also free, so be sure to get there early! Please let us know that you are…

It’s been a year since we’ve had an update on all the current and planned activities to keep this San Diego asset an iconic treasure. We’ll be hearing from John Bolthouse, Executive Director of the Friends of Balboa Park, Tomás Herrera-Mishler, Executive Director of the Balboa Park Conservancy, and Peter Comiskey, fellow San Diego Rotarian…

For the first time, Virtual Reality (VR) technology is being used to provide an unparalleled view of San Diego’s past that hasn’t been seen in more than 200 years. 3R's Robotics, a San Diego based high tech visualization and educational firm, and the San Diego History Center have partnered to allow viewers to turn back…

During the battle of Nebbi Yusha in the Upper Galilee on April 20, 1948, our own Amnon Ben-Yehuda, a Palmach soldier and squad leader, was shot in the head and rescued by his fellow soldiers to Ramot Naftali, a mountaintop settlement about a mile away. He remained there for two days before being carried down…

Thanks to Torrey Pines Bank, we’ll have one of the foremost economist on hand to give us a bipartisan and entertaining overview of California and our nation’s economy. Chris Thornberg, Ph. D., of Beacon Economics, will cull through the mainstream rhetoric to showcase what is and is not driving our region’s growth and what we…

We’re honored to have San Diego’s “Navy Mayor” and fellow Rotarian Rear Admiral Yancy Lindsey on hand to give us a status of our region’s Navy as well as its impact to the area’s economy and quality of life. Navy Region Southwest is the shore installation management headquarters not just for San Diego, but all…

Estimates from the International Labor Organization count 21 million victims of human trafficking worldwide. San Diego is on the front line of this battle, and one woman has taken it upon herself to do more for those who climbed their way out of it. Hear from attorney Jamie Quient, founder of Free to Thrive, about the…